Bottle.



No. 850,015. PATENTED Arms, 19.07;

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' BOTTLE.

ABPLIUATIOB FILED HOV. 17, 19061 y UNITED STATES .PATENT GFFICE.

CHARLES E. JUSTIS'ON, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed November 17, 1906. Serial No. 343,884.

bottles, jars, or other receptacles, and is designed to provide acontainer of this character which may be hermetically sealed so as torequire the consumer to destroy a portion of the neck thereof before itscontents can be removed, thus giving visual evidence of the fact thatthe bottle has been emptied of its original contents and preventingunscrupulous persons from again filling the bottle with spurious orinferior liquids.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical transverse sectionthrough the neck and upper portion of the body of a bottle embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section through the neck on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe guard-cap as it appears primaryto its application.

Referring to the drawings, lrepresents the body of the bottle or otherreceptacle which may be of any preferred form and construction, and isprovided with an upwardly-extending neck 2, the latter being formed nearits base with'an annular groove 3, reducing the neck to leave a readilyfrangible portion 4, which may be conveniently broken away for theremoval ofthe upper portion of the neck. The neck has its upper portionbulged or spread, as at 5, between its rim and a point. above theannular groove 3, thus producing an interior recess 6 and an overhangingrim shoulder 7.

In the operation of sealing the bottle after the body l has been filledwith the desired liquid a bottom cork or stopper 8 is inserted withinthe neck thereof and forced down until its upper surface passes slightlybelow the reduced frangible portion 4. A Sealing disk 9 of any suitablematerial is then applied to rest upon the upper surface of the bottomstopper 8 and to bear against the inner surface of the frangible portion4. An upper stopper 10 is then applied to seal the upper portion of theneck. This is composed of some suitable plastic material which hardenson se'tting-such, for instance, as sand and cement combined to thedesired consistency with water. This plastic material or composition isforced into the neck until it conipletely fills the upper portionthereof from the upper surface of the sealing disk 9 to a pointimmediately below the rim-shoulder 7, the material being pressed intothe recess 6, formed by the bulged portion 5, thus locking it inposition and eifectually preventing its extraction.

In order to guard and prevent removal of the cementitious upper stopper10, a metallic guard is provided comprising a sheet-metal guard cap ordisk l1, adapted to cover the upper surface of the stopper 10 and toengage beneath the rim-shoulder 7. This cap is provided withoppositely-arranged anchoring arms or projections l2, bent` at rightangles thereto and embedded in the body of the stopper 10, said armsbeing formed at their lower ends with angularly-bent anchoring flukes orwings 13, said wings being formed by notching the opposite side edges ofthe arms and bending portions thereof on the dotted lines shown in Fig.3 obliquely to the plane of the arms, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.These fiukes or wings are embedded to lie at an angle in the hardenedcement composing the stopper 10, and thus eectually prevent the removalof the guard without destroying said stopper, and thus giving visualevidence of the fact that the bottle has been tampered with.

When it is desired to open the bottle for the removal of its contents,the upper portion of the neck is struck against or struck with some hardobject with suflicient force to cause the neck to break at the frangibleportion 4, thus separating the upper portion of the neck from the lowerportion thereof and leaving the disk -9 and stopper 8 exposed for readyremoval. By the described arrangement of the disk 9 it will be seen thatthis disk will cover and protect the lower stopper 8 and prevent anymoisture from coming in contact therewithk and also prevent any smallflying particles of broken glass from being deposited thereon. If anyparticles of glass should fall upon the disk, these will be removed withthe disk when the latter is withdrawn, leaving the upper surface of thestopper 8 free from any particles liable to drop into the bottle whensaid stopper is extracted.

It will thus be apparent that the bottle cannot be opened for theremoval of its contents without giving visual evidence of the fact thatit has been opened or an attempt has been made to open same, and thatupon IOO IIO

the removal of the upper portion of the neck the contents are exhausted.By the use of the metallic guard the application of a tool to dig orbore out the cement upper stopper l0 will be defeated, as the guardcannot be extracted or pierced for the removal of the cement stopperWithout showing that an attempt has been made to withdraw the contentsof the bottle.

The invention will erlectually prevent unscrupulous persons from openingthe bottle, filling the same with spurious or inferior liquid and thenagain placing it on the market for sale in its original shape. i

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Abottle or other receptacle comprising a body having a neck provided witha weak- -ened portion, a lower stopper within the neck below saidweakened portion, the neck being bulged above said weakened portion toprovide a recess and rim-shoulder, an upper stop per composed of a bodyof hardened plastic material filling the neck between the weakenedportion and shoulder, and a metallic guard interlocking with saidshoulder and having anchoring'portions embedded in said plastic stop er.

2. A bott e or other receptacle comprising a body having a neck providedwith a weakened portion, a lower stopper within the neck below saidweakened portion, the neck being bulged above said weakened portion toprovide a recess and rimmed shoulder, an upper stopper composed of abody of hardened plastic material filling the neck between the weakenedportion and shoulder, and a metallic guard interlocking the saidshoulder and provided with depending anchoring-arms 4embedded in theplastic stopper and having angular ilukes or wings. l

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. J USTISON.

Vitnesses: I ANDREW T. STEPTOE, CLEMENT S. Woon.

